Blockchain solutions for financial institutions & central banks

The MonetaGo Platform

Simple integration and management of blockchains

Manager

Configure. Deploy. Administer.

Connect

Integrate. Interact. Analyze.

Marketplace

Platforms. Contracts. Modules.

MonetaGo’s product suite is a complete toolset which makes it easy for financial institutions to get started with intra and interbank payments on private permissioned blockchains that are owned and operated by the participants.

MonetaGo Manager provides the ability to configure and deploy private blockchains with tools for administration and governance.

With MonetaGo Marketplace, all additional use cases become possible such as eKYC, trade finance, information settlement, and cross-border payments.

About

MonetaGo

Simple blockchain integration with financial systems

MonetaGo works with financial institutions and central banks around the world to implement private permissioned blockchain solutions.

One of the problems facing the banking sector today is the lack of clarity in the rapidly developing blockchain technology landscape.

MonetaGo will help you find the appropriate solution and quickly develop production level systems that can be seamlessly integrated without requiring extensive or expensive changes to existing infrastructure.

Once these solutions are in place, the additional functionality and various use cases can be deployed in a limited time frame with no risk to existing systems.

Launched in 2014, the MonetaGo team provides a complete framework from strategy and design to deployment and support.

Secure

Proven cryptography

Scalable

Cope with any volume

Flexible

Adaptable for any use case

Resilient

No single points of failure

News

CIO&LEADER By: Jesse Chenard Blockchain is one technology where we are seeing nations as potential early adopters. Thanks to the promises of the technology, regulators have taken an active interest in the technology. But they have to do more than wait and watch Are we ready for code-based regulation? – CIO&Leader An estimated two billion[…]

Blockchain Unleashed: IBM Blockchain Blog One technology has been disrupting financial institutions everywhere, and it’s called blockchain. It has been characterized as both opportunity and threat, but one thing is for sure: the distributed ledger technology behind Bitcoin isn’t something to be ignored. MonetaGo, an IBM Blockchain partner, is bringing clarity to this rapidly developing[…]

Bloomberg Visa, MonetaGo, others challenging Ripple for leading role ‘You take a bet on what you believe is stronger’: bank exec In the quest for a faster and more traceable way to transfer money internationally, banks were gravitating a few years ago to Ripple, a platform backed by Silicon Valley luminaries and global financial institutions.[…]

newsBTC The US-based blockchain company MonetaGo plans to create a blockchain without Bitcoin to help banks adopt distributed ledger technology. Read more… Bitcoin and Blockchain are synonymous to each other, for blockchain is the popular cryptocurrency’s underlying technology. After Bitcoin, many alternative cryptocurrencies have come up, which still uses a distributed ledger either similar to[…]

BloombergQuint In a conversation with BloombergQuint, Jesse Chenard, chief executive officer of MonetaGo said that there are multiple uses of blockchain beyond virtual currencies and that is what the company is focusing on in India. It is in talks with the RBI on the deployment of certain solutions, while also working with commercial banks to[…]

IBM Blockchain Hangout: These experts are discussing the opportunities and challenges of blockchain and their experiences with Hyperledger. Learn how vendor services are helping companies create blockchain solutions and what you need to consider when implementing them. link

New tech has been found useful in trade finance, issue of LCs, KYC and foreign remittances The technology that was invented for Bitcoin, the digital currency, has found more takers elsewhere, especially in finance, collateral management and even the capital market. With the ‘blockchain’ technology (BCT) finding more takers, “all those connected, like user companies,[…]

Economic Times: BENGALURU: India’s largest banks are building a consortium to test an interbank blockchain platform, putting the country at the cutting edge of adoption of the technology that forms the backbone of cryptocurrency Bitcoin. The move comes after the central bank’s technology arm the Institute for Development and Research in Banking Technology (IDRBT) released[…]

Bitcoin Magazine: The research arm of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), India’s central bank, has completed an end-to-end blockchain technology test involving regulators, banks, financial institutions and clearinghouses, the Economic Times reports. RBI’s Institute for Development and Research in Banking Technology (IDRBT) developed and tested a proof of concept (PoC) for a blockchain-based trade[…]

The Team

Headquartered in NYC, with subsidiaries and regional directors in eight countries around the world, the MonetaGo team are successful and seasoned entrepreneurs with expertise in engineering and development, financial services and capital markets, architecture and strategy, and legal and compliance.

Jesse Chenard

Chief Executive Officer

Jesse leads MonetaGo’s vision and strategy while flying around the world meeting with financial institutions and central banks. With multiple successful exits including Tremor Video (NYSE: TRMR) and Image Space Media, Jesse is the definition of an unstoppable serial entrepreneur.

Patrick Manasse

Legal & Compliance

Patrick ensures MonetaGo is compliant with regulations in countries all around the world. He is an attorney and member of the New York Bar who has focused much of his career on a cross-border commercial transactions. Patrick holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from McGill University as well as an MBA and Juris Doctor.

Tad Davis

Marketing

Tad is in charge of MonetaGo’s marketing and communication efforts. As Creative Director at both NASDAQ and Prudential Securities he assisted with the IPOs and launches of countless companies. MonetaGo is Tad and Jesse’s sixth company together.

Brendan Taylor

Data & Blockchain

Brendan engineers MonetaGo’s data and blockchain solutions. Coming from one of Europe’s largest hedge funds, he managed the execution of a quant fund with over a billion USD AUM and built automated forex trading systems from the ground up. Brendan holds a Bachelor of Science in Physics from University College London.

Rob Flowers

Engineering

Rob manages and coordinates MonetaGo’s developers. He has held leadership positions over the last 20 years at financial institutions such as UBS, Point72, and PiperJaffray. His expertise is in managing the development and deployment of mission critical systems at scale. Rob has a Bachelor of Arts from Duke University.

Jeff Blumenfeld

SVP Sales and Business Development

Jeff is responsible for developing meaningful customer relationships and collaborative partnerships around the world. He has held leadership positions over the last 30 years at financial institutions such as JP Morgan, American Express, Morgan Stanley, GE Capital, and MasterCard.

Matt Rodier

Business Development

Matt builds and maintains MonetaGo’s relationships with financial institutions. His background is in financial services and alternative investments. He has a Bachelor of Arts in Legal and Policy Studies from Fordham College and a Juris Doctor from New York Law School.

Atul Khekade

Managing Director, India

Atul’s focus is the operations and developments in India. As an entrepreneur and financier, he designed a global distribution system for the aviation industry and was most recently involved in a $1 billion real estate township project.